Roquito® Spiced Eggs with Peppers, Tomatoes and Ham on Toast
Total Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 2 (can easily be doubled for 4 adults, or if you have smaller kids small just add an egg and a piece of toast or ham for each of them)
Vegetarian: No
Ingredients:
- 3 Roquito® Peppers, finely chopped
- 1 medium onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 orange, red or yellow pepper, de-seeded and thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 2 large eggs
- 4 thick slices of farmhouse loaf
- 2 slices of cooked or cured ham
- A few chives (optional), thinly sliced
- Salt and caster sugar
How to cook it:
- Preheat your oven to 200c/Fan 180c/Gas6
- Put half of the Roquito® Peppers into a shallow, oven proof pan with the onion, orange pepper and the olive oil. Add 4 tablespoons of water. Cover and then soften over a high heat for 5 minutes
- Add the tinned tomatoes, bring to the boil then simmer for 5 minutes
- Season to taste with salt and sugar
- Break the eggs into the sauce, sprinkle over the remaining chopped roquito then pop the pan into the oven for 6-7 minutes for eggs that are just set
- Toast the bread, put the ham on top then spoon the eggs and sauce onto plates Scatter the chopped chives over the top and serve
Prep Ahead: The tomato, pepper and Roquito® mixture will keep for a couple of days in the fridge and can also be frozen, I often make double and freeze half for an evening when I’ve got no time to cook.
KIDS CORNER
I have found using spice very interesting for my children, often they love the flavours when I thought they may not, but you have to be careful of the heat. For the tiny and toothless, leave out the Roquito® completely. But as they get older, because Roquito® Peppers are sweet as well as spicy, they are a good way of introducing a gentle warmth to dishes. For example, in this dish, I just use half a Roquito® in the sauce and then I leave it off the tops of the eggs for my kids. If you make a puree of this sauce, you can then mix it with a mashed potato, polenta or rice flakes to soften the heat.
Very importantly, as with anything you feed your children, taste it yourself before serving it to them.
